Foreign trained applicants must successfully complete the CGFNS International Certification Program prior to being eligible for examination. 

Required Documentation

The following documentation must be submitted directly to this office from the source:

A completed application form and fee of $180.00 in the form of a certified bank check or money order  payable to, Treasurer, State of Connecticut”;

An official transcript of nursing education, verifying the award of a degree, diploma or certificate in nursing;  

Foreign-trained applicants need only arrange for verification of completion of the International Certification Program to be submitted by CGFNS (a transcript from your nursing school is not required).    

Examination Registration/Administration

Applicants may register for the examination online, by mailing a registration form to NCLEX Operations, P.O. Box 64950, St. Paul, MN 55164-0950, or by calling (866) 496-2539 or at numbers indicated in the candidate bulletin.

Please do not submit your Connecticut license application until such time as you are registered for the examination with the testing service.  If you are not registered for examination at the time of submission of your application and transcript, it may delay this office’s approval for you to sit for the examination.

Upon receipt in this office of the Connecticut registered nurse licensing application, a transcript verifying completion of nursing school (or verification of CGFNS for foreign trained nurses) this office will deem the applicant eligible for examination electronically. 

Applicants who are deemed eligible for examination will receive an Authorization To Test (ATT) letter in the mail or through e-mail that will include information regarding scheduling an examination.  The ATT will be sent directly from the testing service.  Applicants should complete an NCLEX registration form with requisite examination registration fee each examination administration. 

Please note examination results are not released by the Department via the telephone.  Results are not official until received in this office.  The Department will mail official results to candidates following routine processing.

All supporting documentation must be submitted from the source to:

Connecticut Department of Public Health

410 Capitol Ave., MS# 12 APP

P.O. Box 340308

Hartford, CT 06134

Phone: (860) 509-7603

Fax:  (860) 707-1981

Email:  dph.nursingteam@ct.gov